Allah said,
[فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ
مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَـتِهِ]
(Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His
Ayat) meaning, none is more unjust than whoever invents a lie about Allah or
rejects the Ayat that He has revealed. Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi said that,
[أُوْلَـئِكَ
يَنَالُهُمْ نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ الْكِتَـبِ]
(For such their appointed portion will reach them from the Book) refers to
each person's deeds, alloted provisions and age. Similar was said by Ar-Rabi`
bin Anas and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam. Allah said in similar statements,
[قُلْ إِنَّ
الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لاَ يُفْلِحُونَ - مَتَـعٌ فِى
الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ نُذِيقُهُمُ الْعَذَابَ الشَّدِيدَ
بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْفُرُونَ ]
(Verily, those who invent a lie against Allah, will never be successful. (A
brief) enjoyment in this world! And then unto Us will be their return, then We
shall make them taste the severest torment because they used to disbelieve.)
[10:69-70] and,
[وَمَن كَفَرَ فَلاَ
يَحْزُنكَ كُفْرُهُ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُواْ إِنَّ
اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلاً]
(And whoever disbelieves, let not his disbelief grieve you. To Us is their
return, and We shall inform them what they have done. Verily, Allah is the
All-Knower of what is in the breasts (of men). We let them enjoy for a little
while.) [31:23-24]. Allah said next,
[حَتَّى إِذَا
جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ]
(until when Our messengers come to them to take their souls.) Allah states
that when death comes to the idolators and the angels come to capture their
souls to take them to Hellfire, the angels horrify them, saying, "Where are the
so-called partners (of Allah) whom you used to call in the life of this world,
invoking and worshipping them instead of Allah Call them so that they save you
from what you are suffering.'' However, the idolators will reply,
[ضَـلُّواْ
عَنَّا]
("They have vanished and deserted us'') meaning, we have lost them and thus,
we do not hope in their benefit or aid,
[وَشَهِدُواْ عَلَى
أَنفُسِهِمْ]
(And they will bear witness against themselves) they will admit and proclaim
against themselves,
[أَنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ
كَـفِرِينَ]
(that they were disbelievers.)
[قَالَ ادْخُلُواْ
فِى أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّن الْجِنِّ وَالإِنْسِ فِى النَّارِ
كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا حَتَّى إِذَا ادَّارَكُواْ فِيهَا
جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَاهُمْ لاٍّولَـهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَـؤُلاءِ أَضَلُّونَا
فَـَاتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِّنَ النَّارِ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَـكِن لاَّ
تَعْلَمُونَ - وَقَالَتْ أُولَـهُمْ لاٌّخْرَاهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا
مِن فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُواْ الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ ]
(38. (Allah) will say: "Enter you in the company of nations who passed away
before you, of men and Jinn, into the Fire.'' Every time a new nation enters, it
curses its sister nation (that went before) until they are all together in the
Fire. The last of them will say to the first of them: "Our Lord! These misled
us, so give them a double torment of the Fire.'' He will say: "For each one
there is double (torment), but you know not.'') (39. The first of them will say
to the last of them: "You were not better than us, so taste the torment for what
you used to earn.'')